A shooting suspect who was found dead in a prison cell feared he would be ‘locked up for a long time’, an inquest heard.

Adam Patrick Coombes, 23, from Wythenshawe, was discovered unconscious by a guard at Salford’s HMP Forest Bank on September 28 last year.

Although prison staff and paramedics battled to save him Adam died shortly afterwards, leaving a note to his mother and the Bible nearby.

An inquest heard how, prior to his incarceration, Adam had previously been served with a ‘disruption notice’ – warning him against using a firearm - and also a ‘threat to life’ warning as detectives suspected he was at serious risk of harm.

HMP Forest Bank

Shortly after this, he was later arrested and recalled to prison, suspected of a shooting in Wythenshawe.

He was remanded at HMP Strangeways on August 11 - but was among 100 prisoners transferred to HMP Forest Bank a month later during a high-profile rooftop protest by fellow inmate Stuart Horner.

At a hearing in Bolton, his mother Angela Nelson told how her son had disliked Forest Bank due to limited time outside his cell and restricted phone access.

However, it emerged that he did also have access to an illegal mobile that was ‘passed between prisoners’ and on which he would text his mother.

Mrs Nelson said Adam had suffered from an attention deficit disorder and had not been taking his prescribed medication.